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Robert Crotty (May 7, 1954 - Aug. 12, 2011) has been described as the dean of Greater New Haven blues musicians and a nuanced guitar player with an encyclopedic knowledge of the blues. Crotty was an early playing partner of Loren Connors and contributed to some of Connors' early folk LPs. Crotty's debut 45 Prove It! (1988) and LP Robert Crotty Blues (1989) were issued by Connors' private St. Ives label.

"In my mind, he was the finest blues musician of the post-World War II generation. It was a sad misfortune that he never gained a following outside his home town. Sure, New Haven music critics praised him, but none really laid it down that here among them lived a great genius." -- Loren Connors

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    November 10, 2017

    Meet Robert Crotty.

    "In my mind, he was the finest blues musician of the post-World War II generation," says Loren Connors says of the late Crotty. "It was a sad misfortune that he never gained a following outside his hometown. Sure, New Haven music critics praised him, but none really laid it down that here among them lived a great genius."

    We're very excited to release the first anthology of Crotty's music -- Robert Crotty with Me: Loren's Collection (1979-1987) -- on Dec. 8. This includes never before heard duos of Connors and Crotty perfectly in lock through acoustic improvisations and reshaping blues standards. The album also includes the first-time reissue of Crotty's sole LP and 45 single -- both released by Connors' on his private St. Joan imprint.

    see also: Loren Connors, Robert Crotty